Alfie Jones

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Alfie Jones
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Jones in 2025
Personal information
Full name Alfie Charles Jones [1]
Date of birth (1997-10-07) 7 October 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Bristol, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Middlesbrough
Number 5
Youth career
–2018 Southampton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Southampton 0 (0)
2018–2019St Mirren (loan) 14 (1)
2019–2020Gillingham (loan) 30 (2)
2020–2025 Hull City 180 (2)
2025– Middlesbrough 14 (1)
International career
2025– Canada 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:39, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of November 18, 2025

Alfie Charles Jones (born 7 October 1997) is a professional soccer player who plays as a defender or midfielder for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough. Born in England, he plays for the Canada national team.

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Career

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Jones with Hull City in 2023

Jones grew up in Long Ashton, a small village on the outskirts of Bristol. He attended Birdwell School and Backwell School. He played at the Southampton Academy in Bath.[ citation needed ]

Jones played on loan for Scottish Premiership club St Mirren during the 2018–19 season, but the agreement was terminated by St Mirren in January 2019. [3]

On 2 July 2019, Jones signed a season-long loan with Gillingham. [4] During his spell with the club, he made 36 appearances in all competitions. [5]

On 4 September 2020, Jones joined League One side Hull City for an undisclosed fee, signing a one-year deal. [6] He made his debut for the club on 8 September 2020, in the 1–2 loss to Leicester City U21 in the first round match of the EFL Trophy. [7] On 18 May 2021, the club announced that they had exercised the option of a one-year contract extension for Jones. [8] On 9 June 2021, Hull City announced that Jones had signed a new two-year contract, with the club having the option of a further year. [9]

On 23 April 2022, Jones scored his first goal for the Tigers, netting the second of three goals in Hull's 3–0 home win over Reading. [10] The following season, on 2 May 2023, Jones was decorated with Hull's Player of the Year award, as decided by head coach, Liam Rosenior. [11] On 17 May 2023, Jones signed a new three-year deal with the club. [12]

In July 2025, Jones joined Middlesbrough. [13]

International career

Jones is eligible to represent Canada through his grandmother, who was born in Hillcrest, Alberta. [14] His eligibility became known after discussions with teammate Liam Millar during their time together at Hull City. [15]

He was approached to play for the Canada national team in October 2025. [16] In November 2025, he was named in the squad ahead of a pair of friendlies. [17] Administrative delays on his citizenship meant he was not eligible for the first match against Ecuador, but these were resolved by the time of the second match against Venezuela, in which he started. [18] Jones played the full 90 minutes in Canada's 2–0 victory. [19]

Style of play

Having been used mostly as a defender prior to his arrival at Gillingham, Jones spent most of his time with the League One club playing as a midfielder. [20] However, since moving to Hull City, he has returned to being a defender. [12] In 2023, then Hull coach Liam Rosenior highlighted Jones' interceptions, blocks, and ball-playing abilities as being amongst his best attributes. [12]

Career statistics

As of 4 November 2025.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southampton U21 2016–17 [21] 4 [a] 040
2017–18 [22] 3 [a] 131
Total7171
St Mirren (loan) 2018–19 [23] Scottish Premiership 1410010151
Gillingham (loan) 2019–20 [24] League One 302401000352
Hull City 2020–21 [25] League One31020204 [a] 0390
2021–22 [26] Championship 2310000231
2022–23 [27] Championship4000010410
2023–24 [28] Championship4510000451
2024–25 [29] Championship4101010430
Total18023040401912
Middlesbrough 2025–26 Championship1410010151
Career total237670701112627
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Hull City

Individual

References

  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Gillingham" (PDF). English Football League. p. 30. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. "Alfie Jones". Hull City A.F.C. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. "St Mirren; Hearts' Ryan Edwards and Southampton's Alfie Jones have loans cut short". BBC Sport. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. "Gills sign Alfie Jones on loan". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  5. "Alfie Jones | Football Stats | Southampton | Season 2019/2020 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  6. "HULL CITY SIGN ALFIE JONES". Hull City A.F.C. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. "Hull City 1–2 Leicester City – EFL Trophy Match Report". Hull City A.F.C. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  8. "Retained List Confirmed". Hull City A.F.C. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  9. "Alfie Jones Signs New Contract". Hull City A.F.C. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  10. "Hull City 3–0 Reading: Match Report". Hull City A.F.C. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Slater wins duo of awards". Hull City A.F.C. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  12. 1 2 3 "Jones pens new long-term deal". Hull City A.F.C. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  13. "Alfie Jones: Middlesbrough sign defender from Hull City". BBC Sport. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  14. Molinaro, John (12 November 2025). "'In my bloodline': Defender Alfie Jones embracing move to Canadian men's national team". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  15. Molinaro, John (12 November 2025). "'In my bloodline': Defender Alfie Jones embracing move to Canadian men's national team". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  16. Kloke, Joshua (13 October 2025). "What I'm hearing: Inside Canada's roster battles as World Cup approaches" via NYTimes.com.
  17. Gangué-Ruzic, Alexandre (6 November 2025). "1-ON-1 🎙️ + SQUAD ANALYSIS: Jesse Marsch calls up CanMNT dual-nationals Alfie Jones, Owen Goodman & Marcelo Flores". OneSoccer .
  18. O'Connor Clarke, Charlie. "Alfie Jones officially eligible for CanMNT, will start vs. Venezuela". OneSoccer. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  19. Tierney, Mitchell. "ANALYSIS + HIGHLIGHTS: CanMNT end 2025 on a winning note in fiesty 2-0 victory over Venezuela". OneSoccer. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  20. "Southampton loanee Alfie Jones revelling in midfield position at Gillingham". kentonline.co.uk. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  21. "Games played by Alfie Jones in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  22. "Games played by Alfie Jones in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  23. "Games played by Alfie Jones in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  24. "Games played by Alfie Jones in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  25. "Games played by Alfie Jones in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  26. "Games played by Alfie Jones in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  27. "Games played by Alfie Jones in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  28. "Games played by Alfie Jones in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  29. "Games played by Alfie Jones in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  30. "Hull City 3–1 Wigan Athletic". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.